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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"smokeless tobacco"”.
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The use of smokeless tobacco among UK South Asian communities
… than 2 million people in the UK consumes chewing tobacco products, of which the majority are from South Asian communities. The use of chewing tobacco products needs to be investigated due to the association with adverse health effects amongst its users. The purpose of this research was to …
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Testing the transtheoretical model of change in young adult male smokeless tobacco users
Oklahoma is one of the states with high tobacco use rates among adolescents and young adults. Prevalent among adolescent and young adult males is the use of SLT. Among high-school age smokeless tobacco (SLT) users in Oklahoma, 36% began before the age of 13, resulting in profound addiction. The …
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Smokeless tobacco: current use among Bangladeshi adolescents and association with increased oral cancer risk among Bangladeshi adults
Background: Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is a major public health burden and highly prevalent in Bangladesh. Over 20 million Bangladeshi adults are currently using SLT. Bangladesh Government had announced its vision to become a tobacco free country by 2040. Therefore, public health efforts focusing …
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Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Product Use Among South Asian Americans and Health: The Role of Gender and Acculturation
Background: The use of tobacco products among South Asians is relatively high. Moreover, there is a high prevalence of oral smokeless tobacco products (SLT), particularly products containing Dypsis Lutescens plant, a central nervous system stimulant designated as a carcinogen. The use of SLT …
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The relationship of dietary beta-carotene intake and serum beta- carotene levels to the development of oral lesions in smokeless tobacco users
… to the development of oral lesions in smokeless tobacco users. Eighty eight smokeless tobacco users without oral lesions and 18 with lesions participated in the study. Dietary intake of beta-carotene, personal health habits and selected dietary intake were analyzed by questionnaire. …
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Econometric analysis of youth tobacco use: evidence from Lesotho global youth tobacco surveys
… and investigates the determinants of different tobacco products by gender among the youth aged 11 – 17+ years in Lesotho. This is achieved by estimating three independent gender logit regressions using Lesotho Global Youth Tobacco Surveys of 2002 and 2008. The results indicate that most youth …
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Tobacco use and the risk of cardiovascular diseases in developed and developing countries
… in developing countries, a large panel of smokeless tobacco products are consumed alongside smoking products, with unknown effects on the risk of CVD. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the association between various forms of tobacco use with the risk of CVD in the setting of …
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Socioeconomics of tobacco use in the Southern African Customs Union
Tobacco consumption has long been a significant health concern. This is because it is one of the significant causes of premature death, as a result of various types of diseases that arise due to the use of both smoking and smokeless tobacco. Tobacco use has been found to be associated significantly …
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Risk Factors for Substance Use in the American Indian/Alaska Native Community
… factors for current (30-day) and lifetime use of smokeless tobacco, cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, and alcohol in a sample of 5,912 AI/AN adolescents. Logistic regression analyses were used and our findings indicated that peer and family influences, as well as ease of access to alcohol and other …
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Nicotine and its effects on periodontal tissue
Nicotine, the chief active ingredient of tobacco, has been known since the introduction of the plant in Europe in the middle sixteenth century. Nicotine can be found in some vegetables consumed in every-day life such as eggplant, cauliflower, green tomatoes, and potatoes. Tobacco, which is the main …
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Healthy Stores For Healthy Communities
… general report, in the 1960s, stated that tobacco may lead to cancer. In the past five years, the emergence of Electronic smoking devices or Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS), little cigarillos, vapes, and hookah have increased smoking rates among teenagers and young adults …
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Kostnaðarvirknigreining á lögleiðingu sænsks munntóbaks
… krabbameinsvaldandi efna (e. Low-nitrosamine smokeless tobacco product). Áhugi hefur vaknað meðal fræðimanna um möguleika þess að nota sænskt munntóbak til að draga úr reykingum. Á Íslandi er innflutningur og sala á munntóbaki bönnuð lögum samkvæmt. Markmið þessarar ritgerðar er að bera saman …
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Evaluation of Carbon Monoxide as a Therapeutic for Preeclampsia
… risk reduction does not hold true for users of smokeless tobacco products. This has lead to the notion that carbon monoxide (CO), one of the byproducts of cigarette combustion, may confer this decrease in PE risk. Endogenously, CO is produced through the degradation of heme by heme oxygenase …